Vehicle parking structure



June 9, 1931. c. F. ALT 1,808,741

' VEHICLE PARKING STRUCTURE Filed May 7, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l i @X526 Z7 Jue 9, 1931. C, F, ALT

u vEHIcLnPARKING sTRUcTunE Filed May "7, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 weg/SJ Patented June 9, 1931, Y y i f 'y y.

iUNI-mv STATES-*PATENTOFFICE-f f ie CHARLES ALT, for mais MorNEs, rownff I lvEfHIoLE rnirm11\`zjc;fscrm'rc'rtmn''fr` Application md May' "7, 1929. serial No. 361,155.

The object of this invention is to provide f This problem is notfully metbyproviding an improved structuredesigned for the Aparkvacant lots or other spaces. having no means `ing of vehicles on one or morel levels. for protection ofthe vehiclesloreven bythe gV v A further object of the invention is to upro- Vprovision 'of temporary u sheds, which` g are i 5 vide an improved parking structurewhich vmore or4 less unsightly and usually offre@ `5.5 is of permanent character and yet is built in strcted capacity; Y g i `sections which are detachablyconnected so My` present invention relates to a parking that they may be disassembled and moved "structure which isl of a permanent character Jfrom one location to another.A s y i and which is not objectionable because ot its c v1,0 Tith these and other objects in view my appearance, being constructed mainly,v of `-60 invention consists in the construction, "arstructural steel and reinforced concrete. y rangement andcombination of the various VFurthermoreA` this structure is designed to parts of my device, wherebythe objects con- 'substantially doub-le the capacityvof algiven templated are attained, las hereinafter more area, inasmuch as it*V provides vfor parking l fully set forth, pointed out in my'cla-ims and ontwo levels, oneabove the` other,' `and i Y i illustrated in the accompanying drawings, vfloor of the upper level provides a covering A in which: f i y s `and 'protectionjfor vehiclesparked'` onthe Y Figure lis a plan viewof aparking struclower level.V f, 7 j

.jture embodying vmy improvements. s s Moreover, this structure is of knockedown Figure 2 is a transverse `sfeetfon on the `line form, being composed of sections which are Z 2=f2 of Figure 1,portions'being'broken'away detachably connected.. k- This permits. the

Figure 3 is a plan view of a'portionofthe structure, -to` be'. disassembledV at times and .l steel framework. moved ,from 'onelocation to anotherto meet y Figure 4 .isa bottom lplan view ,of onej o the changing ,demands'incidentto the growth y 25 the reinorced concrete slabs and the strucf of acity Orbecauseof-other reasons.l y i `tural steel grid for supporting 4 The structure restsupon a plurality of re-"" i Iligure 5 is la detail vertical section the inforcedconcrete footings 15, which are set .l line 5-1-'5 ofFigure 2. s A in the ground at suitablyspaced intervals. Figure V6 is a detail horizontal SeCvtlOuOll" 1 Erected uponlthe footings 15 are posts 16,

Y l` `the line '6476. of Figure 2. i. l17- and"18,"which, preferably, yare composed 80 v- 35 the line 8-.8 of Figure 7.

.s Figure 11 is4 a deta'l vertiealsection onfthe` Figure 7 is a Vertical section longitudi. of H beams set (mendf andi seeuredjrtofthe` nally ofthe ramp on .the line of Figure footings bymeans of'angle brackets 19 bolted 1, portions beingbroken away-` A V u f Ito the posts-,and engaging bolts'20 set inthe Figure 8 is a1detail horizontalsectionon?f00ting$- Y. y y Y Y y .Figure 9. S 2t detall Veltl Vis-Filion @nrt-he are arranged'fairly close together and equally f i hn@ 9-9 0f Flgure spaced apartfintherws, and athird row of posts 18 is parallel with the other two rows,

FigurelO is adetail vertical l.section on the hue 10-10 of Flgure l' Y butspaced `fromzthe intermediate row.17 a;

i n distance substantially L'twice great-as th'eV y cl. i distancebetween therows 16and117. ,7., y, Y tiiltii tsr IO iii- CI T1115 'arrangement ef rose-Pfouflellqhe I ,c1-ete Slabs employed honorem-,nte they-upper lower level 0f the pefkme Structure e. I'elef line 11-11 of Figure 1. s

.45 flooror parking level of the,structurel,4 j `,tivelynarrow bal dc'tedat- @d @13" The question of providingadequatejpark- Mil/ ely Wd hay dCa'te-dj .Y `ing facilities for vehicles.isoneofthe'most 'It 1S tohefunderstood,thatenyfdeslred arf acutefproblems' connectedlwith the use off rangementjor co hination of narrow Vand Z.

s automobiles in thepresent day, particularly widebays' may be .employed to suit thegcon-f` Y f inthe congested portions 'of our cities. A, ,ve'nell Of th build@ 0T, t0 Pyldeilhl de? l-ooi l,

*i Vsired :capacity orto occupy a givenplot of ground. e y v *i YThe rows of posts 16 and 17 are connected transversely in pairs by means of channel i "angle brackets 22bolted to the posts, Thev i' channel beams areiurther vconnected to the u posts bymeans of angle connecringA-bars i K'Theposts'17 and 18 are connected .trans-J v erselyv in pairs by means of I`beams245fW-l1ich' beams 21. The channel'beams are placed nearthefupper ends of theiposts and rest on boltedto both members.` e v preferably are of greater Width and strength AVV.form size and each Iisjust large enough Vto coverl the space inclosed four adjacent. 'posts 16a1id17 of thernarrow baylA. "It

therefore requires two or ,the slabs 27 'to cover fthe space inclosed byffour adjacent posts 1'7 The slabs 27far'earranged tocover the' bays Y A and Band areksupport'ed by thel beams 30,

and. 18 of the bay'B;

lEach iofthe slabs 27V 'preferably isxreinl Y A areal-by parallelv -rodsasiand a, manuales -aog member29 near itslower surface. l l. d VThe slabs 29 rest upon and are supported by VVa structural grid; as shown in'Figure 4, which grid is composed of a plurality oflparallel' `Vbeams() and'two orymore. Vchannel beams 31 I beamsxand securely bolted thereto. Y'

arranged at'right angles to and beneaththe which rest upon theupperfedges oftletransverse beams 21 van`d`m24j of the #structural framework.` I A i Asfhere shown andillustrated'particular-y ly in Figure 12,:the'structural beams2l and;

`24A are arranged 'with their loweredgesiu the saine horizontal pla-ne and their upper edges Y v(their, different widths; f

'I hfe here shown the'il beams 'retiug u .Y directlyuponvthe upperuedgesofthefchannel Y 5ov beams 21.y .The ends o Asonriefoff)theil beams? I 30 are formed witlrnotches'32,1"as sho-wn in' I 47 are shown vas beingheldin place means y Figure '5,yto receive 'the upper'parts of the VVwi'derI beams1 24 so' that the-slabs 2 7 areiall "fsuppo'rted in the same.'horizont-al-.kplanezv In "casesw-here the I beams 30 alrevnotclied,V the notchedportions offthefwebs @preferably are]provided'.with angle supporting memf bers 'securely boltedthereto; and V.resting-'` upon the upgper edges of the; beams-24,1%

shownin Figurev 5 A.

VI beams .34 V(seefFigure .arejarranged ed thereto.V Y

` In a similar manner, channel be Mns 36 are mounted on brackets 37 carried by the posts 17 andservevto support the inner edges of some of the slabs v27. A plate- 88 preferably is mounted on eachV chan-nel', beam 36 to k and vare supported on anglebrackets 35` bolt-k g r bridge the joint-between adjacent slabs 27.

VVVChannel beams Y39 are, also arrangedbe-` tween. posts'inthe row 18 and supported on 'i brackets 40 bolted thereto. Plates'41 are gallsoqfmounted y on the upper edges ofl .the i -channel beams 39 torv receiving the outer redges of some of'the slabs 27.l f t ATo support the adjacent edges ofthetwo;

rows 'of slabs 27 covering the bayjB IhaveL provided channelV beams 42 upouvvhiclr are 'v Y mounted 'bridging plates 43j The channel 'beams 42fare'boltedtoV angle brackets -44, 'which ,are mounted V'on'v and/bolted toftheup-V per edges fof theV I` beam-s 24. j The slab's'27 serve as acove-ringA for thebaysA and B3 Vof' the 'lower level" and "they ,also constitute Ea Hoor .for thev storage of vehicles on Vanl upper` level. l

Access is had to theV upper level byfmeans of'a ramp or inclined'drivewaypreferably locatedfat `one end ofthe structur f v V"'llhe'iramp is composed of reinforced con-Y creteslabs 2710i the type previously described" with"supportinggrids composed -oflf'beams 1 30 and channel Ybeams 31.` The rarnp'i-S;sulpheights carrying beams 46 on which the 5I" beams 30 andz'sl'absare'supportedY fprf-,edeby additional ,paas 45er different,

s 2100i! The ramp also includes, asA shown VinlFi'g- Y f ure 7,'an approach consisting ofan inclined u sides of the'ra'mp and-also around thefnialf' i i ginal portions ofthe upper level.` Thesecurb en beams Vwhich are held in place by mea-nsr Y( slab47of reinforced co-ncreterestingonsuit u l able` 'foundation j members embedded in 'p members are here. shown yas formed'of'woodof liookbolts 50extending .throughthe re-` Spctve slbsand" esasinsfjupper alnsesof `structural.members such as the rI beams 30.

Thosecurbmembersrlg which astma@ sus y Y- of headedy bolts "51, partiallyembedded [in Any s'uitablesuperstructure 'be' mounted Yon the upper level andin this instance,fsuch superstructure takes the formfof a fence comyfpose'd-y of frame members 52l and' reticulated fmeinbers?)l carried thereby. "Thef vertical jframeemeinbers ofthe fence are supported -by y verticallyl arranged angle brackets54 bolted to s tructuralfmembers such as the beams'f21 Y p y y Y V'v t'nd 24,"as shown in Figures 10v and 11'. longitudinally betweenthe pairs of'posts-rinl`4 Y 1 1therowfljto supportthe louterside margins g VY:of someof the slabs`27.' TheIbeamsl eX# tend within the open sides of the H beams 16 structureishere shown. as beingflolevel.

This structure provides convenient means for affording facilities for the parking or storage of a maximum number of vehicles on a given area of ground vand which is of relatively permanent construction. y

In the event it is desired to move the structure from one location to another the fence or other superstructure may be removed by taking out the fastening bolts. The reinforced slabs 27may then be removed one at a time by the use of `lifting jacks mounted on trucks 0r portable platforms. ,Then `the several members of the structural framework shown in Figure 3 are detached andremoved. In fact, all of the parts may be transported with the exception of such members as the footings 15, approach slab 47 and founda-V tion members 48. A

I claim as my invention:

l. A vehicle parking structure comprising posts, beams removably connecting said posts longitudinally and transversely in pairs, and reinforced concrete slabs supported loosely on said beams to form an upper level parking floor and also to provide a covering for a lower level.

2. A vehicle parking structure comprising posts, beams connecting said posts longitudinally and transversely in'pairs, and reinforced concrete slabs supported loosely on said beams to form an upper level parking Y Hoor and also toprovide a covering for a lower level, said posts and beams being detachably connected so that the entire structure is of knock-down construction.

3. A vehicle parking structure comprising posts, beams connecting said posts longitudinally and transversely in pairs, 'and reinforced concrete slabs supported loosely on i 40 said beams to form an upper level parking Y `also as a floor for for and valso constitute upper parking level.

6. A vehicle parking structure comprising u a plurality of longitudinally" and laterally spaced footings, structural 'steel posts resting on said footings, angle iron brackets by means of which the posts are bolted'to the footings, angle brackets secured to said posts near their upper ends, structural steel beams resting on the last named brackets, angle to thej adj acent posts, a structuralgrid work` resting on the beams above eachspacebe-- tween said posts, and reinforced concrete slabsmounted above said beams and resting on said grid work, said slabs serving as a cov- 75 i c connecting members bolted tothe beams and y Y Y ering for the spaces between said posts and 7 A vehicle parking structure comprising posts, beams removably connectingA said posts longitudinally and transversely in pairs, and* the parking ofvehicles.

flooring elements supported loosely onsaid Y' beams to form an upper level parking .door

and also to provide a covering for a lower i level. Y 8. A vehicle parkingvstructure comprising posts, beams connecting said posts longitudinally Iand .transversely in pairs, andlloor-l ing elements detachablyv mounted onysaid; beams to forni an upper level parking floor and also to provide a covering for la lower level, said posts and beams being detachably connected so that the entirestructure is-of knock-down construction.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 26, 1929.

' CHARLESYF. ALT.

licor and also to provide a covering for a,V

lower level, together with aVV ramp leading Vfrom the lower level to the upper level.

4. A `vehicle parking structure compris- .A

said beams to'form an upper level parking Y floor and also to provide a covering for theV lower level, and a superstructure mounted on some of said beams and extending' above Y iic thesurface of said slabs, said superstructure,l Y

posts and beams being detachably connected 55 whereby they may be disassembled and removed from one locationtoanother.

5. A vehicle parking structure, comprising posts detachably mountedinsuitably spaced positions, lbeams detachably connected to Ysaid posts to forma structural framework, a plurality of reinforced concrete slabs, and a structural grid supporting each slab, said grids being mounted on and detachably supported by the structural framework s'othat Sthe slabs together provide a covering there?V izov 

